Van Reenen (pronounced "Fun Reenen") is a settlement in Uthukela District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. It is located on the N3 road (South Africa), N3 national road at the top of Van Reenen's Pass on the Great Escarpment, Southern Africa, Great Escarpment of the Drakensberg. The town is named after Frans van Reenen, original owner of the farm where Van Reenen was established and planner of the route of the Van Reenen's Pass. Llandaff Oratory, an eight-seat memorial church built around 1925, is a Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali, Heritage Landmark. The Moorddraai ('Murder corner' in Afrikaans) memorial a few kilometres to the south-east of the town marks the place where nine people transporting goods from Durban were killed by Basotho tribesmen in 1865.

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File:Van Reenen Pass 1.jpg, Van Reenen's Pass

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Populated places in the Alfred Duma Local Municipality {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub